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This new text takes a new approach to telling the story of Western civilization as simply the history of mainly Europe from ancient times to present. This book examines the changing nature of the West how the definition of the West has evolved and changed throughout history. It examines how the definition of western civilization has changed through a series of cultural encounters with different cultures, beliefs, ideas, technologies, and peoples both outside of the West and within it.

Table of Contents

"What is the West?

"The Contraditction of Western Values

The West as Place

Western Civilization? Asking the Right Questions

Absolutism and State-Building in Europe, 1618-1715

The Nature of Absolutism

The Absolutist State in France and Spain

Absolutism and State Building in Central and Eastern Europe

Resistance to Absolutism in England and the Dutch Republic

Conclusion: The Western State in the Age of Absolutism

Justice in History: The Trial of Charles I

The Human Body in History: Mutilation and Royal Power

Science and Culture in the Seventeenth Century

The Scientific Revolution

The Search for Scientific Knowledge

The Causes of the Scientific Revolution

The Intellectual Effects of the Scientific Revolution

Humans and the Natural World

Conclusion: Science and Western Culture

Justice in History: The Trial of Galileo

The Human Body in History: Dissecting the Human Corpse

Eighteenth-Century Society and Culture

The Aristocracy

Challenges to Aristocratic Dominance

The Enlightenment

The Impact of the Enlightenment

Conclusion: Stability and Change in the Eighteenth Century

Justice in History: A Case of Infanticide During the Enlightenment

Places of Encounters: The Salon

The Age of the French Revolution, 1789-1815

The First French Revolution 1789-1791

The French Republic, 1792-1799

Cultural Change in France During the Revolution

The Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815

The Legacy of the French Revolution

Conclusion: The French Revolution and the West

Justice in History: The Trial of Louis XI

The West and the World: Empire, Trade and War in the Eighteenth Century

European Empires in America and Asia

Warfare in Europe, America, and Asia

The Wars of the Spanish and Austrian Successions, 1701-1748

The Seven Years' War, 1756-1763

The American and French Revolutionary Wars, 1775-1815

The Atlantic World

Encounters between Europeans and Asians

The Crisis of Empire and the Atlantic Revolutions

Conclusion: The Rise and Reshaping of the West

Justice in History: The Court-Martial of the Mutineers on the Bounty

The Human Body in History: Bathing in the East and West

The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1850

The Nature of the Industrial Revolution

The Prerequisites of Industrial Growth

The Spread of Industrialization

The Effects of Industrialization

Industry, Trade and Empire

Conclusion: Industrialization and the West

Justice in History: The Sadler Committee on Child Labor

Ideological Encounters and National Unification, 1815-1871

New Ideologies in the Early Nineteenth Century

Scientific Rationalism

Romanticism

Ideological Encounters in Europe, 1815-1848

Liberals, Nationalists, and Republicans in Italy

The Failure of the Revolutions of

National Unification in Europe and America, 1848-1871

Ideology, Empire, and the Balance of Power

Conclusion: Ideological Encounters in the West

Justice in History: Prostitution, Corporal Punishment, and Liberalism in Germany

The Human Body in History: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: The Body in Romantic Literature

The Coming of Mass Politics: Industrialization, Emancipation, and Instability, 1870-1914. Economic Transformation. Defining the Political Nation. Broadening the Political Nation. Outside the Political Nation? The Experience of Women. Conclusion: The West in an Age of Mass Politics. Justice in History: The Dreyfus Affair—Defining National Identity in France. The Human Body in History: Men in Black

The West and the World: Cultural Crisis and New Imperialism, 1870-1914